luxwanderer

In the past month, I had the opportunity to stay twice at the newly opened Hyatt Regency London Blackfriars hotel. The hotel is centrally located, directly across from the Blackfriars station  and about a 10-15 minute walk to both Bank and Covent Garden. Also across the street is the historic  Blackfriars p ub . Like most things in London, neighborhood names often have some history associated with them. In this case the word Blackfriars refers to the Dominican preachers habit that was black in color. See this  link  for more. Since I stayed here twice, I will write this as a composite review across the two stays. The first was for 5 nights and the second was for six nights. I was traveling on business so the location was key for me. I found this to be a good spot because its an easy walk to Bank and the financial district but in the evenings its also a short walk to Covent Garden where you have many more options to eat at night. This is primarily why I chose this hot...